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, G. ALLEN. CONVERTING MOTION IN OIL PUMPING APPARATUS. No. 326,008@Pateted Sept. 8, 1885; V 7 IF i 6 N, PETERS, mwmm n m. wmin m. n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE ALLEN, OF FRANKLIN, PENNSYLVANIA.

CONVERTING MOTION IN OIL-PUMPING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,008, datedSeptember 8, 1885. I I Application filed July 3, 1885. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE ALLEN, of Franl lin,'in the county of Venangoand State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Devices for Gon- I verting Motion in Oil-PumpingApparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in devices for converting motion.

.In Letters Patent No. 313,907, granted to me on March 17, 1885, adevice was shown and described, consisting of an upright shaft driven bymeans of bevelgear, and provided wit-h a crank on its upper end, and adisk loosely mounted on the wrist-pin of the crank, the said disk beingadapted to the attachment. of pumpactuating rods leading in any desireddirection therefrom. While the arrangement there described is eminentlypracticable and suited to a great majority of the larger systems ofpumping, there is sometimes a demand for a cheaper construction, adaptedto a more unpretentious system, and yet calculated to perform the workwell.

The object of my present invention is to so modify my formerconstruction, above re ferred to, as to make it more simple andinexpensive. v

With these ends in view my invention con sists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a View of the device inelevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan view.

A represents an upright shaft journaled in a suitable supporting-frame,and provided with a bevel gear-wheel, B, secured rigidly thereon, withwhich a pinion, C, on the engine or main drive-shaft D meshes. The upperend of the shaft A is provided with a crank,E, having anupwardly-extending wristpin, 6.

per side of the crank.

The ends of pump-actuating rods F are pivotally secured on the wrist-pin6, one above another, as shown, and leading in any desired directionstherefrom. It is evident that as the shaft A is rotated the-wrist-pin 6will describe the circumference of a circle in a horizontal plane, andwill, during each of its rotations, reciprocate each one of thepumpactuating rods F. The crank E may be secured on the lower end of theshaft A, or the shaft may be bent in the form of a double crank betweenits bearing-s and the pump-actuating rods attached at that point.

Having fullydescribed my invention, what I- claim as new, Patent, is-

1. The combination, with an upright shaft and means for revolving it, ofa crank se cured thereto, and pump actuating rods pivotally secured onthe wrist-pin of the crank and leading in different directionstherefrom, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with an upright shaft and means for revolving it, ofa crank secured to the upper end of theshaft,andpumpactuating rodspivotally secured on the wristpin of the crank and leading in anydesired direction therefrom, for the purpose substantially as set forth.w

3. The combination, with the upright shaft provided with the bevel-gear,and a main and desire to secure by Letters not extend to any greatextent above the updriving-shaft provided with a bevel-gear pincrank andleading in different directions I therefrom, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE ALLEN.

Witnesses:

E. H. LAMBERTON,

For the purpose for which this device is designed it is essential thatthe shaft should E. D. ALLEN.

